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To: Scrapps who wrote (16907)	8/4/1998 8:53:00 AM
From: drmorgan	Respond to of 22053

Enterprise makes cable connection: Article on cable modems.... Compliant modems are now beginning to arrive, and Chris Growbicki, director of product management at Bay Networks Inc.'s Broadband Technology Division, in Andover, Mass., expects prices to be in the range of $200 to $300 by the end of next year. Competition is one of the factors leading to the expected price drops. Top network equipment suppliers Bay Networks, Cabletron Systems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc. and 3Com Corp. have all entered the market. zdnet.com

To: Scrapps who wrote (16907)	8/4/1998 9:53:00 AM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 22053

CM vs xDSL Round 4: In race for faster Web access, cable modems outpace phone competition - MSNBC, July 30 Local phone companies banking on ADSL - a souped up copper wire - but it's costly and slow hitting the market The battle for the burgeoning high-speed Internet access market has been hyped as a closely fought match of communications sumos. In one corner: cable companies touting high-speed modems that zip data along cable's vast fiber-optic networks. In the other: local phone companies sporting a technology called ADSL that promises to turn sluggish copper wires into data sprinters. So far, at least, cable is winning in a blowout. msnbc.com o~~~ O